Angel of Salvation
Creature — Angel
Flash; convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for 
or one mana of that creature's color.)
Flying
When this creature enters, prevent the next 5 damage that would be dealt this turn to any number of targets, divided as you choose.
- CMC
- 8
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Duel Decks: Elspeth vs. Tezzeret
- Price
- $0.23
- EDHREC rank
- #16619
Angel of Salvation lands and immediately prevents up to 5 damage to anything you control — that's a board-stabilizing swing stapled to a 7/4 flash flier. The 8-mana price tag is real, but Kasla, the Broken Halo turns that cost into an asset by rewarding you for spending mana on high-value white spells.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Kasla, the Broken Halo
Kasla, the Broken Halo actively wants expensive white spells, and Angel of Salvation delivers on both fronts — the flash lets you hold up mana on opponents' turns and deploy it as a combat trick that happens to leave a 7/4 in play, all while feeding Kasla's cost-matters engine.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Angel of Salvation does its best work — flash means it ambushes attackers at instant speed, and the five-prevention shields any permanent you need to protect, from a key creature to a planeswalker sitting at 1 loyalty. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but irrelevant; eight mana for a defensive body competes with nothing in those formats. Modern has the same problem: the card is legal on paper but a non-starter at that cost in a format defined by turns three and four. Oathbreaker is the only other format where the card sees any reasonable play, and only in shells that can generate enough white mana to make the cost feel manageable.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.23 bulk tier
At $0.23, Angel of Salvation is deep bulk — buy a copy without thinking about it. Bulk rares at this price point don't trend upward unless a new commander pushes them into high demand, so treat it as a stable pickup rather than a hold.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.